End-matcher.



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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 13, 1911. 1,102,694. Patented July 7, 1914,

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. lllT ll WILLIS S. SHERMAN, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 7, 1914.

Application filed August 18, 1911. Serial No. 644,834.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, /VILLIs S. SHERMAN, acitizen of the United States, residing in Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee and State of ll isconsin, have invented new and usefullmprovements in End-Matchers, of which the following is a description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part ofthis specification.

This invention has for its object to pro vide an end matcher of thecontinuous operating type with which strips of flooring or the like maybe fed to cutters by simply inserting their ends in the machine whenthey will be automatically moved between guides to the cutters to havetongues or grooves cut in them and will then enter a clamping carrierwhich carries them to one side and discharges them onto a conveyortraveling away from the machine.

An object of the invention is to provide novel means for engaging andmoving the work through the guides to the cutters which will bedependent in its operation upon the proper positioning of the work.

r'rnother object of the invention is to pro vide locking mechanism whichwill prevent the work being moved into its operative position when thework moving means is not in proper position therefor.

Another obj set of this invention is to provide a work carrier of novelconstruction for receiving and'clamping the work as it issues from theguides and carrying it away from the guides and cutters before releasingit.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a means for ejecting thework if it is too thin to properly fit between the guides and thusprevent the cutters being wedged apart by their drawing the work betweenthem unrestrained.

7 Another object of this invention isto perfeet details of constructionof an end matcher of this type.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in theend matcher herein. claimed. its parts and combinations parts and allequivalents.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which like characters ofreferenceindicate the same parts in the different views: Figure l is asectional front elevation of an end matcher constructed in accordancewith this invention with parts broken away to show the constructionthereof; Fig. 2 is a similar enlarged view of a portion thereof.

showing the work pusher and the work carrier in difierent positions;Fig. 3 is a plan view of the machine with parts bro-ken away to show thegearing connections; Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation of the machineshowing one strip of work'in positionto be carried up between the guidesand another strip of work being discharged by the work carrier; Fig. 5is a detail view of the clamping jaws of the work carrier; Fig. 6 is adetail view showing the release of the looking means for the worksupport by the travel of the work away therefrom; Fig. 7 is a sectionalplan view of the means for swinging the work pushing fingers intoope'rative engagement with the work in the position shown in Fig. 6;Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 6 showing the work pushing lingers outof position for engaging the work; Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 7showing the swinging means for the work pushing fingers in the positionin which they are shown in Fig. 8; Fig. 10 is a side view of the end ofthe frame showing the sliding bearing for the work carrier; Fig. 11 is adetail view showing the adjustable connection for the tripping arm foractuating the work engaging fingers of the work pusher; and, Fig. 12 isa detail view of the work support showing an adjustably connected workstop.

In these drawings 10 indicates a base frame which is divided into twoportions by a. partition 11 and serves to support an upper frame whichis made up of several independent portions 12, 13, 14 and 15 mountedthereon. One portion of the frame, 12, constitutes a support on which isadjustably mounted one or more cutters 16 for cutting the tongue orgroove in the ends of strips of flooring or the like and the adjacentsection 13, of the frame forms a support for the i work. Over thissection of the frame travels an incoming conveyor belt 17 for bringingstrips of flooring or the like to the machine, said belt passing arounda pulley 18 on a shaft 19 which is journaled through the two rearsections 12 and 14 of the frame and carries a large gear 20 meshing witha small gear 21 on another shaft 22 which is driven by a belt pulley 23from any suitable source of power. As best seen in Fig. 3, the framesection 13 is provided with anadjustable stop 24 extending across theconveyor belt -17 to engage the ends of strips offlooring or the likethereon and detain them until the operator places them in position onthe work support. The stop-24L crosses the conveyor belt obliquely so asto form a flaring throatway between it and a stationary guide 25,

the latter also Standing up from frame section 13, and work isturned onits edge and forced through this throat way to itsoperativepositionbeneath the cutters 16. In this 'guide, face '26 on the positionit stands between 4 a stationary guide and a pivoted work guide 27 on apresser guide head 28 which is slidably mounted on a projecting flange29 on the side ofa bracket 30 of the frame 13. This guide head 28 isheld in place on the flange 29 by a plate 31 and is forced toward theguide face 26 a by a spring 32 mounted on an adjusting rod 33 of thesliding head and bearing against an ear 34 of the bracket 30. Thepivoted guide face 27 at its lower part stands slightly farther awayfrom the opposite guide face 26 than at its upper part so that work mayfreely enter between them but will become tightly though slidablyclamped between them as it moves upwardly between the cutters 16. The,adjusting rod 33 has jam nuts 33 threaded thereon and bearing I i on theear 34-to limit the inward movement of the presser head and prevent itfrom crushing the grooved edge of the work.

Then the work is entered in the throat way betweenthe guide faces 26 and27 it rests on a slidably mounted work support 35 and engages aprojection 36 on its rear endw By this engagement the work support 35may be pushed rearwardly against the pres 7 sure of a spring 37 beneathits front end tending to hold it outwardly. As here shown the worksupport 35 comprises a slide with an inturned edge which passes beneaththe edge of a strip 38 which is held to the frame 13 by screws and liesbeneath the slide. A set screw 39 in the end of the slide 35 engages thestrip 38 to limit the inward movement thereof and thus gage the depth ofcut of the tongue or groove.

Pivotally mounted on the bracket 30- is a locking dog 40 which isadapted to drop into a slot or recess ll of the slide 35 when the latteris in its rearmost position and thus automatically hold .the.. slideagainst the pressure of spring 37 until the work in its upward movementbetween the guides en gages a ho-okhke upper end 42 of the dog and liftsit out of the groove 41, whereupon the spring 37 returns the slide35toits former position. Should a strip of workbe entered in the machinewhich is too thin to be properly clamped between the guides, the

release of the work support by the lifting ofthe dog at the beginning ofthe upward movement of the work will permit said work support to springforwardly and throw the work out from between theguides and thus wayifora vertical moving slide 43 which is connected at its lower end bymeansof a pitman 4A with a crank arm'4l-5 on a suitably driven shaft 46j ournaled in-the base frame. As here shown, the shaft 4L6 is given 34 333118,-

ble speed movement by means ofelliptical j gears 4L7 connecting it witha-shaft as which in turn is connected by intermeshing gears 49 with ashaft 5O carrying a gear wheel 51 meshing with a pinion 52 on a shaft 53which is driven by a belt pulley 5 1 from any 51116211016 source ofpower.

v The purpose of the elliptical gearing connection is to give the slidea3 a sl'ow'upward movement and quick return downward-movement.

A rock shaft 55 passes through the piv otal connection between thepitman 4A and the, slide 43 and has a pair of collars 56 fixed thereon,each of which constitutes a clamp for holding an upwardly extendingfinger 57 for engaging and. pushing the work upwardly through theguides. The finger 57 whiohis nearer the cutters travels in a verticalgroove of thelguide 25 very close to the cutters and directly in thebearing face 26 and both of the fingers have notche formed for them inthe edge of the work support 35 so that they may engage the lower edgeof the strip of work. As

the clamps 56 are movably mounted by the turning-of the rock shaft 55,the fingers 56 will be capable of receding from the work so as to passby it without engaging therewith, and this is the normal position forthe fingers, the rock shaft 55 being under the influence of a spring 58for this purpose.

The fingers 57 are preferably bent nearv their upper ends, as shown inFig. 2 to be out of the way and not clog the receiving I I throat waywhen a strip is moving upwardly. The rock shaft 55 has a crank arm 60fixed thereon" and pivotally mounted on it is an arm 61 carrying aroller 62, said arm 61 being permitted to freely swing up 1 Wardly butengaging a lug on the crank arm to prevent 1ts swinging downwardly afterit engages therewith, except by turning the rock shaft 55 to advance thefingers 57 beneath the edge of the work. An arm 63 adjustably mounted onthe end of the work support 35, ,asshown in Fig. ,12, has a por- '.ionof its lower end adapted to be brought into the path of travel] of theroller 62 when the worksupport 35 is pressed rearwardly. 1 Thisengagement on the downward imovement of the slide 43 is of noconsequence because of the roller arm 61 swinging away from its stoplug, but during the upward movement of the slide as the engagement ofthe roller 62 with the arm 63 causes the rock shaft 55 to slightly turnand bring the fingers 57 beneath the edge of the work to lift the workthrough the guides to the cutters and into a work carrier. In its upwardmovement the work engages the dog e0 to release the work support andpermit it under the action of its spring 37 to return to its outerposition ready for the next strip. A bracket 64 is mounted on the framein position to have the arm 68 bear against it at that portion thereofwhich is engaged by the roller. Should an attempt be made to force thework rearwardly beneath the cutters when the fingers 57 would engage theside of the work instead of its lower edge, which would. be undesirable,the roller 62 serves toprevent, for it would then have passed the lowerend of arm 63 and the slide 85 could not be forced rearwardly since thearm 68 would engage the front fiat face of the roller, as shown in Figs.8 and 9. The work would therefore be automatically locked againstmovement to its operative position until the fingers 57 had traveledbeyond the position where they might engage its side.

The frame section 15 has an extension reaching over the work support andin square openings in its sides are slidably mounted a pair of squarebearing blocks 65 which are preferably formed integral with frictiondrums 66 so that the latter are prevented from turning. The frictiondrums 66 have a bolt 67 passing through them. with a spacing sleeve 68surrounding it and engaging the friction drums. Friction straps or bands69 are clamped around the friction drums 66 so as to be turned thereon,but offering considerable resistance to such turning movement, and a jawmember 70 is secured to the friction straps and carries a set crew 71 toengage the guide 25 for limiting the movement of the aw 70 in one direction so that it will stand in alinement with the guide face 26. A sleeve72 loosely surrounds the sleeve 68 so as to turn thereon with its endsbearing against the friction drums 66 and a jaw member 73 is carriedthereby which is adapted to engage set screws 74 on lugs projecting fromthe friction straps 69 of the other jaw member 70 so that when said jawmember 73 is swung to the left as shown in Fig. 1, it causes the jawmember 70 to swing with it until the set screw 71 engages guide 25.

Pressure blocks 75 aremounted on the jaw member 73 near its ends bymeans of bolts 76, one of which is fixed in the pres sure block andslides in the jaw member and the other of which is fixed in the jaw menuher and slides in the pressure block. I The latter is provided with arounded pointed head 77 to be forced into the work, as will be laterdescribed, and both of the bolts are surrounded by springs 78 forforcing the pressure blocks 75 away from the jaw member 73. The awmember 73 is adapted to be moved away from the set screw 74 slightly toa position in which the pressure blocks bear the same relation to thejaw member 70 that the pivoted pressure head 27 bears to the stationaryguide head face 26. In this position of the jaw member 73 the clampingblock 75 stands in alinement with the guide face 27 so that the workwill be forced between the clamping blocks 75 and the jaw member 70 whenit leaves the guide faces 26 and 27 andbe firmly clamped between them.The sleeve 72 has an arm 79 with a ball and socket joint 80 with the endof a connecting rod 81 which has another ball and socket joint 82 at itslower end with a spring arm 83 mounted on the frame and carrying aroller 84: to ride on a. cam 85 on shaft 56. By this means movements areimparted to the sleeve 72 from the cam 85 and the parts are held underspring pressure by means of a coil spring 86 connecting the arm 79 witha stud 87 adjustably mounted in a slot of the frame. The sleeve 7.2 alsohas an arm 88 carrying a roller 89 riding in an oblique slot 90 in acurved plate 91 bolted to the frame 6% and when the sleeve is turned bythe cam the roller 89 traveling through the oblique slot 90 forces theentire carrying mechanism, including,

both clamping jaws and the parts connected with them to slide in theframe on the square bearing blocks 65.

hen the work is forced between the jaws of the carrier after clearingthe cut ters the roller 84: is on that portion of the cam 85 which ismarked Z) in Fig. l, and immediately thereafter it rises on part c tothe position shown in 1, thus swinging the arm 79 upwardly and forcinthe pointed head 77 into the work, the frictional resistance to themovement of the jaw mem ber 70 offered by the friction drums causingsaid member to resist the pressure in cident to this movement until suchengage ment is made. Then the roller 84rgradually rises on part c of thecam, causing a further upward movement of the arm 79 and a swingingmovement of the jaw member 73 toward the aw member 70 that forces thejaw member 70 to yield with the work clamped firmly between them. Theparts continue in this direction until reaching the position shown inFig. 2 where the roller drops into part (Z of the cam and the workcarrier releases the work by the aw member 73 swinging away from jawmember 70 and withdrawing the pins 7 6 from the work and thenwithdrawing the pressure blocks 7 5. I

92 which passes around an idle pulley 93 loosely mounted on shaft 19 andcarries the work away from the machine.

' While the operation of the various parts has been described inconnection with the description of their construction, it may be brieflysummarized as follows: The Work enteringon conveyer belt .17 engagesstop 24 from which it is taken by the operator and placed on edge in thethroatway between the guides 26 and 27 and is pressed rear wardlyagainst the projection 36 of the sliding work support 35. causing saidwork support to move rearwardly wlth it until the movement .is arrestedby the engagement of the set screw 39 with the end of strip 38.

v This movement of the work support brings the arm 63 into the pathofroller 62 of the vwork lifting means and thereby causes said roller toswing the fingers 57 forwardly while they are on their upward movementso as to engage the lower edge of the work and force it upwardly betweenthe clamping guides and into the action of the cutters.

The upward movement of the workby means of the work lifter continuesuntil the work is delivered between the clamping jaws of the workcarrierwhere it is firmly held. By the successive operations of the cam 85 v onthe roller 8% the work is swung over the conve'yer belt 92 and droppedthereon to be carried from the machine, the work carrier,

returning to its normal position to receive the next strip. The worklifter also returns to its normal position immediatelyupon completingits upward movement and because of the elliptical form of its drivinggears &7 this return movement is more quickly made than the uppermovement to avoid waste of time. l/Vhen the strip is pressed rearwardlyso as to'force the arm 63 in position for causing the fingers 57 to bethrown into their operative position the dog lt) drops into the slot 41and locks the work support, the projection 36in this locked positionofthe worksupport serving as a guide for determining the position of thework to receive the cutting operation to the desired depth. Bytheengagement of the arm 63 with the fiat face of roller 62 at times whenthe fingers 57 would engage the side of the wo-rk if theywere-projected,such operation is prevented, the work support beingmomentarily; locked against its inward movement until the ends of thefingers 57 have passed the work.

The -work carrier for receiving; 'and clamping the work and movingit toone side and dropping it is'automatic in its operation and'is timed withrespect to the operation of the other mechanism so that as soon asthework is forced by the fingers 57 past thecutters and out of theguides v I 26 and 27 into the space between the clamping jaws and 7 5the pointed head. 'Zi is forced into itso' that it is tightly grippedwhile being carried over the guide 25 to the conveyor belt 92. The workis also tightly clamped between the guide faces 26 and 27 during itsp'assage of the cutters, the

head 28 serving this purpose, and it is intended that the. clamping.eifect by said guides and by the jaws of thecarrier be sufficient ,tosupport thestrip of flooring or the like, whatever its length, withinthe usual limits. And this is true whether the jaws of the workcarrier-are provided with the spurs 77 or not." The jaw member 7 5 ofthe work carriereng'ages at its upper edge a pair of lugs 94 projectingfrom the jaw member 70 to reinforce it and hold it in place while thework'is being: forced between the jaws. i

By mounting the arm, 63 so as to be adjustable on the work support, asshown in Fig. 11, the adjustment for the worksupport to vary the depthof cut may be made without interfering with the cooperation between saidarm and the roller 62, the adjustments of the arm being made to com.-pensate for the adjustments of the work support. The position ofthedogdO may be correspondingly adjusted so as to engage may be variedwithout having'to adjust the dog -10. I a j By reason of the presserguide head 27 being pivotally mounted it is permitted to fit snuglyagainst the smooth. .unrecessed spring 32 bearing upon the movable guide'ioo By adj ustably face of the work without marring it, even though thework may slightly vary in thick vness at the end or bend and thetapering.

throat way allows sufficient space on either side thereof to accommodatework which is slightly bent in either direction.

By locating one of the fingers of the lifting mechanism directly in theguide face 26 of the presser guides the pressure is exerted upon work insuch a manner as to avoid any tendency toktilt'it out-of its properposition with relation to the cutters. I t p While it is probably mostdesirable to force the workupwardly against the cutters, it is obviousthat the movements may be made in any direction without departing fromthe invention and consequently such terms as work lifter as hereinemployed are intended to include devices having such other directions ofmovement.

It is not necessary that the means engaged by the work for moving thework feeding means, the fingers, into'their engaging position form apart of the work support itself, as it is obvious that a stationary worksupport will serve the purpose when other means are provided forconnecting the work engaged part with the mechanism for moving the workfeeding means.

By means of this invention the operation of end matching may be greatlyfacilitated, the machine being continuous in its movements andautomatically thrown into engagement with the work by the act of placingthe work in operative position therein, and as soon as the work is inthis position the operator may leave it entirely to'the care of themachine and give his attention to placing the succeeding strip inposition. I What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:

1. An end matcher, comprising a work support, a reciprocating worklifter having a laterally movable finger for engaging the work andlifting it from the work support, means for moving said finger, guidesthrough which the work travels when carried by the work lifter, and acutter in the path of the work as it travels through the guides. 1

2. An end matcher, comprising work guides between which the work maypass, work feeding means capable of movement into or out of position forforcing the work through the guides, means engaged bythe work when thework is in position to pass through the guides for moving said workfeeding means into position for engaging the work, and a cutter in thepath of the work in its travel through the guides.

3. An end matcher, comprising guides, a movable work support, a workfeeding means having a part capable of being moved into or out ofposition for engagement with the work to feed it from the work supportthrough the guides, means dependent upon the movements of the worksupport for effecting the movements of such engaging part of the workfeeding means, and a cutter in the path of the work in its travelthrough the guides.

4. An end matcher, comprising guides, a movable work support, areciprocating work feeding means having-a finger capable of being movedinto or out of position for engagement with the work to feed it from thework support through the guides, means dependent upon the movement ofthe work support for causing the movements of the finger, and a cutterin the path of the work in its travel through the guides.

5. An end matcher, comprising a slidable work support, a projectionthereon to be engaged by the work for sliding the work support, a workfeeding means having fingers capable of moving into and out of positionfor engaging the work to move it from the work support, means controlledby the position of the work support for efiecting the movementof thefingers of the work feeding means, guides between which the work travelswhen carried by the work feeding means, and a cutter in the path of thework in its travel between the guides.

'6. An end matcher, comprising a movable Work support, a projectionthereon engaged by the work for moving the work support, a stop forlimiting the movement of the work support and determining the operativeposition for the work, a work feeder having movable fingers adapted tobe moved into or outof position for engaging the work and moving it offof the work support, means controlled by the position of the worksupport for moving said fingers, guides between which the work travelswhen carried by the work feeder, and a cutter in the path of the workwhile passing between the guides.

7 An end matcher, comprising guides be- .tween which the work maytravel, means engaged and moved by the work in assuming a position totravel through the guldes and forming a stop for lim ting movement ofthe work in determining the operative. position therefor, a lock forholding said ing the work support, a stop for limiting the movements ofthe work support and de termining the operative position for the i.

work, means for locking the work support in such position, a work feederhaving movable fingers capable of being moved into or out of position toengage the work on the work support and adapted to move the work fromthe work support, said locking means for the work support being releasedby the upward movement of the work, means depending upon the position'ofthe work'supj 4'0 'shaft, an arm pivotally mounted on'the 1 i to bebrought into the path of the roller for" causing the crank arm toswingvand turn the i: port for moving'the fingers, guides between i Imovements of thew'ork support and deter-Q e which, the work is carriedby the work feeder, and a cutter in the path of the work duringitstravelbetween the guides.

9. An end matcher, comprising a'sliding spring retracted work support, aprojection thereon to be engaged by the work for slid-' ing the worksupport, a stop for limiting the 1 mlning the operative position for thework, 1 a dog adapted to engage and lockthe work 3 support in thisposition'and extending above 1- the work, a work lifter having movablefingers capable of being moved into and out of position to engage thework on the work supportand lift it into engagement with the dog'forreleasing the dog from its locking engagement with the'work support,guides 1 between which the work is moved by the worklifter, and a cutterin the path of the; workduring its travel between the guides.

' 10. An end matcher, comprising a stationarywork support, a slidablymounted work feeder frame, a shaft j ournaled therein, 5 means forreciprocating the frame, fingers carried bythe shaft, an arm on theshaft, a

roller carried by the arm, and means in the path of the roller forswinging the arm and the shaft and thereby causing the fingers to 1 moveinto a position for engaging the work onthe work support, guides betweenwhich a the work is carriedby the fingers, and a cut- 3 ing the workfeeder frame, a shaft j ournaled -,;'on the work feeder frame,upstanding finter in'the path of the work, in its travel between theguides.

" '11. An end matcher, comprising a movable work stop, a work feederframe mounted to slide vertically, means for reciprocatgers carriedbythe-shaft, a crank arm on the crank arm, alug. on the crankarm against.

whichthearm rests, a roller on the arm, a I

member carried I by the work stop, and adapted in the movements of thework stop shaft to move the fingers to a position for engaging the work,guides between "which the work is carried by the'fingers, and a [cutterin the'path oftravel of the work i between-the guides.

' i of the work in its travel between the guides,

12. An end matcher, comprising a work ;feeder for moving the work,guides between whichthe work travels, a cutter in the path andha workcarrier, comprising a frictionj ally held pivotally mounted jaw member,

a swinging'jaw member cooperating therewith for clamping thework'betwe'en them, andmeans for moving the swinging jaw member towardthe other jaw member to cause said frictionally held jaw member to yieldand carryfthe work away from the guides before releasing it..

13. An end matcher, comprising a work feeder, guides between whlch the[work travels, a cutter in the path of the work in its travel betweenthe guides,ja friction ally held yielding jaw member,a swinging jawmember cooperating therewith to receive and clamp the work between themwhen it travels from between the guides,

means for swinging the swinging jaw mem her for causing saidfrictionally held jaw member to yieldv so that the work is carried awayfrom the guides, and a stop-on the frictionally held jaw member engagedby the swinging jaw member for returning the frictionally held jawmember.

14:. An end matcher, comprising a work feeder, guides between which thework travels a cutter in the path of the work in its travel between theguides, a work carrier having aw members to rece ve the work as 1 itleaves the work guides, and means for moving the work carrier to oneside of the workgui'des and in a direction to back the work awayfrom thecutter. V

15. An end matcher, co'mprising a frame, a work supportthereon, a workfeeder for moving the work fro-m the work support,

guides between which the work travels, a

cutter in the pathvof the work in its travel between the guides,bearing-blocks slidably mounted inthe frame without turning, frictiondrums carried by the bearingbl'ocks, a bolt connecting the bearing,blocks, asleeve pivotally mountedflon the bolt between the drums, aroller carried by the sleeve, the're 3 being an oblique slot in'theframe through which theroller travels for sliding the bear-' ing blocks,friction straps surrounding the frictlon drums, a yielding aw membercarried by the friction straps, a swinging jaw.

member carried by the sleeve, and means'for turning the sleeve to swingthe swinging jaw member and clamp the work-between it and the yieldingjaw member and carry the work away from the guides and "the. cutter.

16. An end matcher, comprising a frame,

a work support thereon,'means for moving vthe work from thework support,guidesbetween which the work travels, 'a cutter-in the path of the workin its travel, angular Y bearing blocks slidably mounted in the one ofthebolts being fixed in the swinging frame, a bolt connecting thebearing blocks, p

jaw and having a pointed end to be forced into the work during theswinging movement of the swinging jaw, said swinging movement of theswinging jaw serving to clamp the work between the jaws and carry itaway from the guides.

17 An end matcher, comprising a work support, means for moving the workfrom the work support, a stationary guide having a pair of spacedbearing faces, and a cooperating spring-pressed pressure guide alsohaving a pair of spaced bearing faces and being pivotally mounted toaccommodate itself to work of varying thickness, and a cutter in thepath of the work between the guides.

18. An end matcher, comprising a reciprocating work lifter having afinger thereon movable into or out of engaging position for engaging thework and lifting it, means for moving said finger, guides through whichthe work travels when carried by the Work lifter, and a cutter in thepath of the work as it travels through the guides.

In testimony whereof, ll afl'iX my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIS S. SHERMAN.

Witnesses:

' Gowns LEVINE,

ANTHONY DONTIE.

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